by Debbie | Sep 5, 2023 | Biodynamic Farming, Blog, Community, Featured Posts, Gardening, Organic Farming, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
It’s such a great time of the year for working on the farm! Today we’re checking in with Harry and his classmates who have been diligently turning the farm compost every week this term. Thanks to the excellent organic and biodynamic scraps from the Farm...
by Debbie | Jun 8, 2022 | Blog, Community, Featured Posts, Organic Farming, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
The task of a farmer is to enliven the soil. One of the ways in which biodynamic farmers care for the soil is through the application of various soil preparations. While the benefits of these applications are obviously noticeable in the quality of biodynamic produce,...
by Debbie | Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Community, Organic Farming, Social Enterprise, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
After the upheaval of this year, this moment of reflection is surprisingly pleasing and worthy of gratitude. The unpredictable trading patterns, staff changes and shortages, unseasonal weather, program disruptions, isolation and re-planning seemed relentless. In spite...
by Debbie | Feb 11, 2021 | Community, Featured Posts, Natural Building, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
Do you remember reading about the ambitious project some members of our Warrah community are working on? It is a spiral garden with a cob pizza oven as its centerpiece. We fired up the oven for the first time this week, and the student builders got to enjoy the smell...
by Debbie | Nov 25, 2020 | Biodynamic Farming, Featured Posts, Gardening, Organic Farming, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
It may come as a surprise to some readers that chickens are increasingly being recognised for their therapeutic benefits. No one ever gets tired of watching our flock of crazy girls outside the Farm Shop. We are so grateful to our TAFE Program delegates for all the...
by Debbie | Sep 21, 2020 | Community, Featured Posts, Gardening, Social Therapeutic Horticulture, Sustainability
The young members of our Warrah community who built our lovely Farm Shop chicken coop are at it again! This time their TAFE Certificate in Work Education program has them building a horticultural therapy spiral garden. Constructing the garden is furthering the...
